the sweet escape

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"The Sweet Escape" is a pop song written by Gwen Stefani, featured artist Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort for Stefani's second solo album The Sweet Escape (2006). The song was released as the album's second single in early 2007 (see 2007 in music). It has peaked inside the top twenty on most charts and reached number one in New Zealand. The song is also Stefani's most successful single to date, spending 5 weeks at number one on the United World Chart. A remix of the song was created called "The Sweet Escape (Konvict Remix)".

Stefani told MTV that the song "puts me on the yellow brick road to the No Doubt record I might do. I can smell it. 'Sweet Escape' and some other melodies remind me of the No Doubt feeling."[1]

On March 27 Stefani was a mentor to American Idol contestants; and on the 28th she performed "The Sweet Escape" with Akon.

critical reception...

"The Sweet Escape" was generally well-received by critics. In a review for Billboard, Chuck Taylor wrote that the song "neatly rides the line between being hip enough to keep the kids' attention" and added that it exudes "the full fragrance of an across-the-board hit."[2] Bill Lamb of About.com called the song "a welcome change from the over-produced 'Wind It Up'," but said that it "easily jets in one ear and out the other leaving little trace of its presence."[3] MuchMusic referred to the song as "incredibly intoxicating".[4]

chart performance...

Although "The Sweet Escape" was released as the second single in 2007, it had been sent to radio as early as "Wind It Up" (2006). It debuted on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart at number ninety-three in December 2006.[5] In early February 2007 the song reached the top ten, rising in one week from number nineteen to number six,[6] and has since peaked at number three for two non-consecutive weeks.[7]The song spent 5 weeks in Top 5. In Canada the song debuted at number eighty-six on the BDS Airplay Chart, on which it has reached number two.[8] In the UK, the song debuted based on downloads a month before its physical release, and peaked at number two, her highest-charting single there.[9] The song has charted strongly across the world, including a number-one debut in New Zealand.[10]

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